An eye witness who was present at the Liberia civil war in 1989, Jacob Kwesi Akofie has urged Ghanaians to go to the polls and come back in peace.
According to him, war brings untold difficulties and the young and vulnerable suffer the most.
He revealed that “the best people to ask about war are Liberians because they saw abnormal things and suffered in 1989”.
Sharing some of his experiences, he said, “most times, these warriors do not bring specific people to war they woo the youth with money and use them as their warriors. They prefer the unemployed especially because they’re desperate for money and can easily be convinced”.
Jacob during an interview with Rev Nyansa Boakwa of the NsemPii Show on Happy 98.9FM said, “It is during war that you see how influential women are and also how some men hide under beds like women”.
According to him, though everyone suffers during war, women and children suffer more because they are considered as vulnerable and taken advantage of.”
Moving on he added, in time like these, even chiefs and heads of various religions become powerless because “they are threatened with guns and dictated to”.
To sum it all up, he urged all Ghanaians to maintain peace before, during and after the elections saying, “Liberians never thought there’d be war in that country but wars start with one misunderstanding and it ends up killing lots of people including innocent ones”.
By: Gyamfuah Owusu-Ackom
